Overview

In Croatia, the EBRD helps small and medium-sized businesses grow, succeed, then grow again, becoming genuine catalysts for their local economies, then their region.

We connect our clients to local consultants and international advisers who can help transform a huge range of businesses. From the smallest looking to grow to those going global, our expert network of doers, thinkers and advisers help our clients to step up and start thinking big.

We support businesses from many industries, such as food and beverages, wholesale and retail distribution and construction and engineering. We don’t just work in the capital. In fact, 54 per cent of our projects are outside major cities.

Whether it’s a new website, a quality management system, a marketing strategy or even a completely new governance structure, we work with you to define the best project to fit your needs. Then, we’ll support you through the whole process, using our years of experience to make sure the project achieves the best results. One year after every project, we return to measure the impact we made. And the results speak for themselves.

Within a year of a project:

31 per cent of our clients in Croatia increase their turnover – with a median increase of 35 per cent – and 55 per cent improve their productivity, as they expand their business

44 per cent see significant job creation

36 per cent of our clients in Croatia secure external funding to finance their growth.

Funding and results

Since starting work in Croatia in 1999, we’ve helped almost 619 enterprises access advice, thanks to funding from the Taiwan-EBRD Cooperation Fund, Austria, Luxembourg, the European Union and other bilateral donors. Our work in Croatia is currently funded by the TaiwanBusiness-EBRD Cooperation Fund.